Review of “Borat Post Movie”

Is there a real need for a sequel to the 2006 anti-American entertainment film “Borat”? Is there really anything left to reveal, discover and expose? Is our hunger for reality not saturated even on the buttocks of Sacha Baron Cohen?

Yes, good and safe. It is undeniable that contemporaries have caught up with “Borat,” especially after four years with Donald Trump in power. It is not a social bias to express intolerant values, but on the contrary politically correct according to the president himself. It is not a phenomenon unique to the United States, of course. Compare with the polling station report in “Assignment review” that caused a stir over racism in 2002. Today, similar views are expressed in front of an open curtain, both on the leadership pages and in the Riksdag.

Therefore, it can be considered the first movie as a teaser for today’s unmasked audience. On that occasion, the Kazakh journalist began his visit to the United States using the sale of the exterior of the Trump Tower as a toilet. And the first thing he saw on American television was “Cops,” the reality show whose entertainment value is that the police fight poor, often black people.

Since 2006, social media has opened up to other perspectives and created a wave of viral clips hitting the solar plexus of public debate. From the US, in the last year we have seen derailed conflicts over mouth guards at grocery stores and the deadly police abuse of George Floyd. The American people are able to prove their problems for themselves.

Yet Sacha Baron Cohen is still just as adept at making terrifying comedies out of reality as material. In “Borat,” Kazakhstan’s wandering profile of prejudice, rather representing a wonderful mix of stereotypes, was a testament to the prized social competence in the United States. His items displayed a mixture of superhuman patience and condescending indulgence, when the security guards failed to stop him.

“The Post Borat Movie” is a Favorite reunion, despite the feeling of favorite in the replay. The Baron Cohen shock, however, means that this time around he can’t infiltrate local news broadcasts or rodeo stadiums. Thus, the sequel has been endowed with a clearer story: Borat is commissioned to donate a monkey to Vice President Pence in an attempt to side with Trump, who during his courtship with the world’s authoritarian regimes seems to have forgotten about Kazakhstan The movie also has an equally coveted and irresistible twist.

In place of the great producer Azamat, he is joined by his teenage daughter Tutar, who is initially held (literally) in a tight grip. Maria Bakalova plays her with wide eyes and knows a country where women, on the one hand, can drive a car, on the other hand, they must be elegantly submissive (according to a sugar dating expert).

The whole scheme may seem designed for culture clashes, but Baron Cohen tries more often to sneak away by putting the real America and fake Kazakhstan side by side. The more extreme opinions Borat expresses, the more depressingly funny he becomes when the reaction fails or even gets heard. Or when he explains to a confused shopkeeper that according to the Kazakh handbook for homeowners daughters, they should stay in cages and then add: But surely Trump also keeps a large number of children behind bars?

The sequel may not be the same carefree anarchist, but rather reminiscent of a debating post before the presidential elections. The film has made headlines through a racy scene with presidential attorney Rudy Giuliani. But if there is any political explosiveness in exposing Giuliani with the pants in the middle, Trump should have already exploded.

“Borat’s Later Movie” is another US tour looking for spin. Through hype and augmentation, Sacha Baron Cohen, of course, increases the target of his satirical attacks. Unsurprisingly, the targets are also grateful – maybe he can focus on the hypocrisy within the Democratic Party next time? At the same time, the movie contains enough shame and bullshit to be able to hold out for another week in the run-up to the election.